I still occasionally buy paper books. Our library has occasional discard sales, and often get books for 10c-25c. I used to buy them, read them and then
Bookcross them.
I save money by often being behind the times when it comes to books. By the time something is old news for everyone else, I get it at someone's discard sale and it gets to be new to me. I doubt e-books will follow that pricing scheme, enticing folks to read oldies but goodies for a quarter
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I am so behind on reading all the books I own (both dtb and e) that I am in no hurry for the prices to drop. Plus I read newer e-books via the library. Library loans are the only precursor to a desire to own a book enough to want to buy it.
I do know I have no interest in deadtree news papers ever. Calibre's news recipes will keep me current for beyond my life expectancy.